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Beatmatching

4 courses · 27 lessons · 3 h 36 min

Getting two tracks running in time and keeping them there, by ear, with the pitch control and the jog wheel. The skill everything else rests on.

Courses

  1. Course 1 of 4

    Your First Beatmatch

    Beginner 7 lessons · 1 h 1 min

    The skill everything else rests on, taught several different ways on purpose - beatmatching clicks for different people from different explanations. His "beat matching made easy"…

  2. Course 2 of 4

    The Controls That Do the Work

    Beginner 8 lessons · 54 min

    Beatmatching is pitch, jog wheel and cue button, and most beginners misuse all three. What each one is for, when to touch the platter and when not to, and the small nudge-and-move…

  3. Course 3 of 4

    Practising Until It Sticks

    Beginner 9 lessons · 1 h 11 min

    Beatmatching is not understood, it is drilled. These are the practice routines, including what to do when it has genuinely stopped improving - and two honest fallbacks for getting…

  4. Course 4 of 4

    Beatmatching on Vinyl

    Intermediate 3 lessons · 30 min

    No display, no BPM reading, no sync - just a platter and your ears. Harder to learn on and, by most accounts including his, the thing that makes you properly good. The…

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